Combination tobacco and match container.



J. KLEINBACH,

COMBINATION TOBACCO AND MATCH CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.4. 1915.

Jabn [1' kmbac/z JOHN KLEINBACH, OF SPdKANE, WASHINGTON.

COMBINATION TOBAGCO AND MATCH CONTAINER.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JoHN KLEINBAGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Tobacco and Match Containers, of which the following is a specification.

, This invention relates to improvements in combination tobacco and match boxes of that character in which a box is provided for the tobacco, the box having a'lid or top hinged thereto, and there being a retainer for holding matches in the lid.

My invention consists more particularly in a novel form of retainer for the box top. It is well known that matches, other than what is known as the safety matches, so deteriorate when subjected for a long time to the fumes of any moist substance, that they lose their combustion properties and fail to.

ignite. It has been proposed to ship ordinary matches in a tobacco box but it has been found that this was impractical because of the deterioration of the heads of the matches. 7 0

. Now my invention has to do with an improved retainer which not only retains the matches in the top of the box, but which provides a safety striking surface also where y the matches may be ignlted when desired for use.

A particularly novel feature of my 1nvention is te'provide the retainer with a safety striking surface which 1s dlsp'osed adjacent to the matches when the latter are he (1 in the match box top, but which is withdrawn from juxtaposition with the safety matches when it is desired to str1ke a match, Thus the liability of sparks flying from the struck match to the other matches in the box top, is practically eliminated whereas if the striking surface were in close juxtaposition to the safety matches, when a match was struck, the remaining matches would be very liable sulting in total loss. 7

A. further novel feature of my invention consists in providing a retainer. which is so proportioned with respect to the top of to ignite thereby re- Speciflcationof Letters latent. Patented Sept. 5, 1916. Application filed November 4., 1915. Serial No. 59,584.

the match box and which. presents a continuous or im erforate surface such as will prevent even s ort pieces of matches falling out of the box top when the retainer is in positlon, it being understood that the usual box top of a tobacco can is considerably longer than the average safety match.

A further object of my invention is to provide improved means for carrying the combination striking surface on the retainer, and a still further 'ob'ect of the invention 1s to provide a nove spring hinge designed and constructed .to normally act and hold the retainer in either of its extreme positions.

Other objects and features of the invention will be more :fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing and will be more particularly pointed out in and by the appended claims.

In the drawing :-Figure 1 is a perspec-v tive view of a tobacco box showing the top in an open position and illustrating the application of my improved retainer thereto.

-Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the top fully opened. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the top partiall opened. Fig. .4 is a perspective view -0 my retainer detached from the tobacco box. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modifiedform of retainer. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a further modification of the retainer.

Like characters of reference designate similar parts throughout the different figures of the drawing.

As illustrated, 1 designates the body of a tobacco box which is provided with a rim' utilize the container for holding matches 6.

My improved match retainer is indicated at 7 and the same comprises, in the, preferred construction, an imperforate contill Evil

tinuous plate of thin metal or like material which is substantially fiat. At one margin ll provide afinger grip 8, preferably on the end part and at one side margin ll provide retainer in the position shown in Figs. 1

and 2. Now the retainer is provided with a pintle bail comprising pintle arms 11, projecting at right angles to the retainer 7, and a pintle portion 12 adapted to be extended through the butts 3 and 5, or adapted to be in position so that the butts 3 and 5 Willbe formed about the pintle portion 12.

ll do not claim broadly the idea of a retainer having an integral portion forming a pintle for hing'ing the retainer and the top to the box body but I have invented certain new features along this broad idea. By having the pintle formed integral with the retainer, in the absence of any division of the pintle portion 12, ll greatly cheapen the construction and increase the eficiency of the hinge joint.

A part of the pintle portion 12 is shown flattened at 18, so as to have a cross-section somewhat increased with respect to the CK'OSS? section of the remainder of the pin-tle portion. The central butt 3, on the box body 1, is somewhat enlarged so as to grip this flattened portion 13 with a spring or resilient contact. The flattened portion 13 is so located that when the match retainer is in overhanging relation with respect to the box body, this flattened portion will be gripped by the central butt 3 so as to hold it in such position and against free turning movement which it would otherwise have.

Now the importance of leature will be brought out in connection with another feature which if will now describe.

A striking surface llis provided on the retainer in such a manner and in such a position that when the retainer is in the position shown in l, to retain the matches, the striking surface will lie adjacent the matches. Now when the top 4L is open as shown in and the match retainer is swung into ove anging relation with the top of the hot": i, then the striking surface 14: will be not only located in an extensible position to strike a match, but will be so removed from the matches in the top d that there will no danger of flying ell sparks igniting the remaining matches.

-Furthermore, l claim to be the hrst to provide a striking surface of this character for safety matches, in a box of this general type. In the preferred construction as shown, in Fig. l, a glue is applied to the metal surface and containing enough acid to eat into the wearer surface and then the striln'ng composition .is sprinkled over the glue and is thereby -made continuous by the interposition of a foraminated surface21.

Now there is a two-foldireason for the advantages to be obtained from this particular kind of a retainer, irrespective of the construction shown in Figs. 4:, 5 and 6. in the first place,'the retainer is designed and adapted for certain sizes of tobacco boxes which are already on the market and which cannot be changed without changing the whole system of the manufacture. The boxes are so oblong in form that the lengths of the top are reatly in excess of the lengths of the safety match. in the next place, a device of this character must made so cheaply as to only add the slightest fraction of extra expense to the box and therefore it is desired to have a retainer composed of the least possible amount metal. Therefore, the problem involved was to hold matches in the top, irrespective as to the position of the match in the top,

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with a retainer which was greatly reduced in size with respect to the length of the top. if have accomplished this by making a retainer which extends transversely across e top but only of such length as is necessai to prevent discharge of relatively matches. "in some embodiments, it desirable to have a continuous reta' e; shown in Fig. 6., and in other conch retainers as shown in Figs. l and 5, any event, the retainer is continuous of being skeleton in fern is believed that the novelty and t. of my invention will be fully und 1 from the foregoing description, and l have herein shown described specific form of my invention, 1 do n to be limited thereto except for sucl tions as the claims may import.

claim In. a box the character described, box body, a hinged to said body a u. adapted to contain matches, tainer movable into said top to retai matches therein and withdrawable said top to permit of removal of matetherefrom, a striking surface on said tainer, marginal portions of said retainer being bent over and upon said striking surface to anchor the same in position, substantially as described.

2. In a box of the character described, a 5 box body, a top for said body, a match rctainer havin formed inte a1 therewith a continuous pmtle bail provlded with a pintle portion, said body and to having hinged butts formed about said pmtle portion to-hinge said match retainer and top to said box, one part of said pintle portion being of enlarged cross-section for spring engagement with .one of said butts to hold said match container in difi'erentpositions, substantially as described. v

In testimony whereof Iafix my signature.

JOHN EEINBACH. 

